Toy registering savings-bank



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TOY REGISTERING SAVINGS BANK.

Patented Mar. 13.1888.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ELVVOOD HEADLEY, OF JERSEY CITY,

PATENT FFICE.

NEW J ERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TOY REGISTERIN SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters G SAVlNGS-BAN K.

Patent No. 379,534, datel March 13, 1888.

Applicationfiled March 17. 1887. Serial No. '231,297. (No model.)

To all whom it may conccrn:

Be it known that I, ELWooD HEADLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ToyRegistering SavingsV Banks; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thissp'ecification, in which-' Figure 1 is a face'view of the savings-bank,and Fig. 2 a rear view of the registering mechanism.

This invention has relation to toys of that class known assavings-banks,'and has for its object to provide a receptacle for moneywhich shall be secure against being opened except when a certain sum hasbeen deposited therein, and which shall at all times visually indicatethe exact sum or sumsof money that have been deposited.

This invention therefore consists in the combination, with a box orreceptacle for money, z 5 of an indicator or visual signal adapted to beoperated and Controlled by the money actually deposited in the box orreceptacle, said indicator Operating only by thepassage of money intothe box and showing the total monetary value of coins deposited.

This invention further consists in providing a savings-bank orreceptacle for money with a door and looking device therefor and aregistering device, by the operation whereof the 3 5 door is unlocked atstated times, whereby, when the registering device indicates a certainfixed figure or sum, the door is unlocked and in position to be opened.

This invention still further consists in the 40 combination,construction, and arrangement of parts, more fully described in thespecification, and specifically pointed outin the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the body of thebank, which is preferably of rectangular form, and may be made *Ktorepresenta trunk, as shown in the annexed drawings, or can, if desired,have any other fanciful configuration.

B represents the face of the bank, which is provided with openings bb'b2, through which the dial-numbers a a' a2 are seen. Handles or knobsO O' are placed upon the face B, by the operation of which the money tobe deposited is allowed to enter into the bank and at the same time theregistering devices are moved so as to indicate the exact amount ofmoney placed in the bank.

D D' represent openings in the top of the the money to be deposited ispassed and conveyed by means of the chutes d d' to the registeringapparatus, and thence into the body of the bank.

The registering device consists of three disks or dials, E E' E2,mounted on shafts e c' e'z, rigidly fastened in the face-plate B. On thefront part of each of these dials E E' E2 are the numerals from 0 to 9,arranged in regular order in circles. The disks or dials E E2 areserrated at their edges, so as to form ten circular indentations, asshown, while the dial E' is constructed with two indentations in itspcriphery-a square one, f, and an angular one, \f'. Upon the same shaft,e', and moving with the disk E', is a wheel or disk, F, having tenteeth, g, upon its outer edge, and having the extreme end of the teethbent upward or otherwise formed so as to be at a right angle to the overthe disk F in its revolution its extreme end will bear against theupturned point of one of said teeth, and thus partly revolve the diskand its attached dial E'. The disk or dial E2 has a similar Wheel, F2,upon its shaft, and in addition thereto a finger, h, extending beyondthe outer edge of the dial E2. E is supplied with a finger, i, mountedupon the same shaft, e, and moving with the dial, this finger extendingbeyond the periphery of the dial.

The chutes d d', which serve to convey the money from the openings D D'to lthe interior of the bank, are deflected at their lower ends, asshown, and have openings jj' in the side of the defiected ends, intowhich openings the edges of the disks E E2 enter, the lower ends of thechutes being open, openings j j! being also provided in the inner sideof the lower part of the chutes d d'.

c c' represent the shafts of the-handles or knobs O O', and Z Z' arelevers or arms rigidly attached thereto, their ends being turned overface of the wheel, so that as the arm h passes' bank at the rear of theface B, through which The dial IOO and entering the slots or openingsjj' in the chutes (Z d'.

M represents the door to the bank, which is attached in any suitablemanner by hinges or otherwise, and which is held in a closed posi' tionby means of the edge of the disk E' catching under the edge of a hasp,m, on the inner face of the door, a permanent key, n, moving the disksufficiently to lock the door` when it is closed.

The operation of the device is as follows: The several disks beingplaced so that the numerals O O 0 will show on the face of the bank, theopening or indentation fon the disk E' will be in the position shown inFig. 2 of the drawings, thereby permitting the door to be opened orclosed. The door being closed, the stationary key is turned to theright, and the nib thereof, fitting in theindentationf', turns the diskE' sufficiently to cause the edge of the disk to catch under the hasp mand lock the door in position, it remaining locked till the disk hasmade a complete revolution and the opening] is again in position toallow the door to be opened. On depositing or drop ping a eoin into oneof the openings-say the opening D', which is intended for the receptionof one-cent pieecs-itfollows the chute d' till it meets the edge of thedisk or dial E and falls into or against one of the serrations orindentations in the edge thereof. The knob or handle O' is then turnedto the right and moves with it the arm Z', the end of which impingesagainst the eoin. As the knob is turned the eoin is forced downward, andby reason of its position in the serration on the edge of the disk Eeauses the same to partially revolve on its axis and register a singlenumber on its dial, the eoin dropping through the opening at the bottomof-the chute into the bank. Vhen ten one-cent coins have thus beenpassed into the bank, the finger 'i will mesh with the toothed wheelFzand cause the dial connected thereto to register a single number, eachsingle number on the dial E2 indicating ten cents. If a ten-cent pieceis to be deposited, it is placed in the chute d, and by means of theknob C it is forced into the bank and registered ou the dial E2. \Vhenthe dial E2 has made a full revolution, the finger h will move the dialE' one point, and thus indicate one dollar as being on deposit in thebank, and, as before explained, when ten dollars have been deposited thebank may, if desired, be opened.

It will be seen that as it requires a eoin to be actually deposited inone or the other of the chutes before the dials will register, and as itis not possible to place acoin iu the bank without registering thesame,a correct register is kept of all sums deposited.

While I have shown and described a bank to receive and register one andten cent pieees and to be opened only when the sum of ten dollars hasbeen placed therein, I do not confine myself to this exact construction,as it is clearly within the spirit and letter of my invention toconstruet a bank in which other coins can or may be deposited andregistered, and which will permit of opening when other predeterminedsums have been deposited.

h'What I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. The combination, with a savings'bank or coin-receptacle having two ormore openings for the passage of coin into the bank, of an iudicatingdevice composed of a series of dials having sockets or recesses in theirperipheries for the reception of coin, said dials beingcoutrolled andoperated by the passagc of a eoin through either of the openings intothe bank, and designed and adapted to indicate the total monetary valueof coins deposited, substau' tially as shown and described.

2. In a savings-bank or coin-receptaclc having a chute for the passageof eoin and a pivoted lever located at the lower end of said chute, thecombination, with said ehute and lever, of an indicatiug device operatedby means of a coin while being forced from the chute by said lever intothe bank or receptacle, substantially as shown and describcd.

3. The combination, with a money-recepta cle provided with an indicatingdial or dials and mechanism, substantially as deseribed, for indicatingthe exact money value of deposited coins, of a door or looking mechanismand interlocking devices whereby entrance to the re` ceptaele can onlybehad aftera definiteamount of money has been deposited, substantiallyas set forth.

4. In a savings bank or rceeptaele forcoin, having two or more openingsfor the passage of the eoin into the body of the bank, the combinationtherewith of au indicating device consisting of a series of disks, twoof which have sockets or recesses' iu theirperipheries, one of saidrccessed disks Operating the indicating devices (luring the passage of acoiu through either of the openings, substantially as deseribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing` I have hereunto set my handthis 10th day of March, 1887.

ELVOOD HEADLEY.

Vitnesses:

D. D. ToMrKINs, JOHN W. Hack.

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